Five Environmental Toxins You're Exposed to Daily

With heightened media attention on global warming, individual carbon footprinting, and the amount of polluntants released into the environment, I'm constantly asked how this affects our bodies and what steps can we take to live a healthy lifestyle.

Unfortunately it's true, we are exposed to environmental toxins on a daily basis. Toxins can be found in our homes and work environments, the air we breath, food we eat, and water we drink and bathe in. Here are five examples of heavy metals that are potentially devastating to our health:

1) Cadmium- exposure from dental work, auto exhaust, and seafood. For more info on the hazards of cadmium check out: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cadmium_poisoning
2) Arsenic- exposure from smokers, treated playgrounds and decks, pesticides, paints, and porcelain dental crowns
3) Mercury- exposure from pesticides, fungicides, tuna and other fish, dental fillings, and paints
4) Aluminum- exposure from cookware and deodorants
5) Lead- exposure from old lead pigment in paints, leaded joints in some municipal water systems and batteries

The good news is our bodies are natural detoxifiers. Perspiration, urination and bowel movements are all processes the body uses to cleanse itself. In addition, alternative therapies including Intravenous and Oral Chelation Therapy, Infared Saunas, and Foot Spa Detox are used to remove these heavy metals from the body.

Join us for our Grand Opening on Saturday, April 5 at 10 a.m. I will hold a discussion on this topic to go more in depth on the hazards of environmental toxins, the chronic illness that result from this exposure, and provide a few case studies to show how our treatments have benefited individuals with these illnesses.

For more details on the Grand Opening or a personal consultation to test your internal toxin level and determine treatments to remove these metals from your body, you may reach me at (562) 795-5180.

Dr. Mena